Isaías 38:6-16

6 'Y te libraré a ti y a esta ciudad de la mano del rey de Asiria, y defenderé esta ciudad.'"

7 Esta será para ti la señal del SEÑOR, de que el SEÑOR hará lo que ha dicho:

8 He aquí, haré que la sombra en las gradas, que ha descendido con el sol en las gradas de Acaz, vuelva atrás diez grados. Y la sombra del sol retrocedió diez grados en las gradas por las que había descendido.

9 Escritura de Ezequías, rey de Judá, cuando enfermó y sanó de su enfermedad.

10 Yo dije: A la mitad de mis días he de entrar por las puertas del Seol; se me priva del resto de mis años.

11 Dije: No veré al SEÑOR, al SEÑOR en la tierra de los vivientes; no veré más hombre alguno entre los habitantes del mundo.

12 Como tienda de pastor, mi morada es arrancada y alejada de mí; como tejedor enrollé mi vida. Del telar, El me cortó; del día a la noche acabas conmigo.

13 Sosegué mi alma hasta la mañana. Como león, El rompe todos mis huesos; del día a la noche, acabas conmigo.

14 Como golondrina, como grulla, así me quejo, gimo como una paloma; mis ojos miran ansiosamente a las alturas. Oh Señor, estoy oprimido, sé tú mi ayudador.

15 ¿Qué diré? Pues El me ha hablado y El mismo lo ha hecho. Andaré errante todos mis años a causa de la amargura de mi alma.

16 Oh Señor, por estas cosas viven los hombres, y en todas ellas está la vida de mi espíritu. Restabléceme la salud y haz que viva.

Isaías 38:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 38

This chapter gives an account of Hezekiah's sickness, recovery, and thanksgiving on that account. His sickness, and the nature of it, and his preparation for it, as directed to by the prophet, Isa 38:1, his prayer to God upon it, Isa 38:2,3 the answer returned unto it, by which he is assured of living fifteen years more, and of the deliverance and protection of the city of Jerusalem from the Assyrians, Isa 38:4-6, the token of his recovery, the sun going back ten degrees on the dial of Ahaz, Isa 38:7,8, a writing of Hezekiah's upon his recovery, in commemoration of it, Isa 38:9, in which he represents the deplorable condition he had been in, the terrible apprehensions he had of things, especially of the wrath and fury of the Almighty, and his sorrowful and mournful complaints, Isa 38:10-14, he observes his deliverance according to the word of God; expresses his faith in it; promises to retain a cheerful sense of it; owning that it was by the promises of God that he had lived as other saints did; and ascribes his preservation from the grave to the love of God to him, of which the forgiveness of his sins was an evidence, Isa 38:15-17, the end of which salvation was, that he might praise the Lord, which he determined to do, on stringed instruments, Isa 38:18-20, and the chapter is closed with observing the means of curing him of his boil; and that it was at his request that the sign of his recovery was given him, Isa 38:21,22.